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School of Education Offices

If you are an educator looking to bring a class field trip onto campus to visit the Literacy Lounge or to request a faculty member come into your classroom as a guest speaker, please fill out a Request an Engagement Form. If you do not have a specific date when you want to host the visit/faculty member, please indicate the 1st of the month.

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Dean's Office 

General Inquiries: uaa_soedu@alaska.edu

Name
Role
UA Email Address
Phone
Office
Betty Hernandez
 Operations Support bahernandez@alaska.edu 907-786-4402 PSB 102W
Darlene MacKinnon
 Student Success dlmackinnon@alaska.edu 907-786-4454 PSB 102G
Sydney Stokes
 Field Placements sastokes3@alaska.edu 907-786-0371 PSB 102H
Nicole Endsley
 Apprenticeships naendsley@alaska.edu 907-786-0838 Remote
Dr. Tonia A. Dousay
 Dean tadousay@alaska.edu 907-786-4402 PSB 102N

Faculty

Name
Title
UA Email Address
Phone
Office
Prof. Jenna Baldiviez
Term Assistant Professor
Early Childhood Education
Department of Early Learning & Teaching; BAEC Program Lead
907-786-4872
 PSB 102L
Dr. Ginger Blackmon
Associate Professor
Educational Leadership
Department of Graduate Studies in Education, Indigenizing Education, and Leadership; Chair & Program Lead
907-786-1645
 PSB 102S
Dr. Cathy Coulter
Professor
Language and Literacy Education
Department of Graduate Studies in Education, Indigenizing Education, and Leadership; Program Lead
907-786-4457
 PSB 102Q
Dr. Kitty Deal
Professor
Early Childhood Education
Department of Early Learning & Teaching; Community Campus faculty
907-486-1223
KCC123B
Kodiak College KOC
Dr. Wei-Ying Hsiao
Professor
Early Childhood Education
Department of Early Learning & Teaching; AAS Program Lead
907-786-4435
 PSB 102J
Dr. Krista James

Term Assistant Professor
Special Education
Department of Graduate Studies in Education, Indigenizing Education, and Leadership; Program Lead

 kpjames@alaska.edu 907-786-4402 Remote
Dr. Tim Jester, Ed.D.
Professor
Teaching and Learning
Department of Graduate Studies in Education, Indigenizing Education, and Leadership; Program Lead
 907-786-1666 PSB 102U
Dr. Panigkaq Agatha John-Shields
Assistant Professor
Indigenizing Education
Department of Graduate Studies in Education, Indigenizing Education, and Leadership; Program Lead
907-786-4419
 PSB 102P
Prof. Chelsea Sohm
Term Assistant Professor
Early Childhood Education
Department of Early Learning & Teaching
 clsohm@alaska.edu
N/A
 PSB 102B
Dr. Anne Ouwerkerk
Assistant Professor
Early Childhood Education
Department of Early Learning & Teaching
 amouwerkerk@alaska.edu
N/A
 PSB 102K

Professional and Continuing Education

Name
Title
UA Email Address
Phone
Office
Katie Brennan-Tollefson
Enrollment Specialist
907-786-1934
PSB 221A
Jennifer Greene
Enrollment and Operational Services Coordinator
907-786-1932
PSB 221C
Jennifer Harty
Coordinator of Professional Programs
907-786-1881
PSB 221B
Nicole Unser
Professional Programs Assistant
 nlunser@alaska.edu
907-786-1933
PSB 221D

School of Education Emeritus Faculty

Appointment as professor emeritus or emerita is an honor conferred by the Chancellor, on just a small portion of retiring professors who have demonstrated excellence, following consideration of recommendations by the faculty, upon an outstanding retiree of the university.

School of Education Emeritus Staff

Conferring emeritus status is an honor granted by the chancellor upon the retirement of a UAA employee who has provided outstanding service to the university.

  • Brenda Henderson, Staff Emerita, Administrative Manager, bshenderson@alaska.edu

School of Education
Professional Studies Building, Ste 102
University of Alaska Anchorage
2533 Providence Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508

T: (907) 786-4402